Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Sunday, February 22nd, 2026.

Florida Division of Emergency Management sent this bulletin at 02/22/2026 10:00 AM EST

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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report

EOC Activation Level: Level 2 
Meteorological Summary: 
  • Dense Fog conditions across South Florida will gradually lift and dissipate this morning as shower activity associated with a cold front approaches from the north.
  • Currently the shower activity is moving through Central Florida but will push into South Florida later this morning and throughout the afternoon (45-60% chance of rain).
    • With daytime heating and already warmer conditions across South Florida, an isolated thunderstorm or two cannot be ruled out.
  • Behind the cold front, breezy and at times gusty winds will develop out of the northwest. Winds of 15-25 mph can be expected, with wind gusts reaching upwards of 25-35 mph.
    • Wind Advisories extend across much of the Panhandle through this evening to account for gusty winds.
  • Also behind this cold front will be a much drier punch of air bringing relative humidity values to critical thresholds this afternoon for most of North and Central Florida (20-35%).
    • Red Flag Warnings will go into effect for most of that region to account for critical relative humidity values and elevated winds occurring over extreme drought conditions.
  • High temperatures will reach the middle 50s to lower 60s across the Panhandle, middle 60s to lower 70s across the Big Bend, middle to upper 70s across Central Florida and upper 70s to middle 80s across South Florida.
  • As the front clears the state this evening and overnight, drier and much cooler air will push southward behind the front. Elevated wind gusts of 15-25 mph will continue throughout the overnight hours across the state as that colder air rushes in.
  • There may be a slight chance for some patchy fog early in the morning hours along portions of Southwest Florida.
  • Low temperatures will fall into the lower to middle 30s across North Florida, middle 30s to lower 40s across Central Florida and 40s to lower 50s across South Florida.
    • A Freeze Warning will go into effect tonight for portions of interior Northeast Florida for sub-freezing temperatures expected tonight.
  • With elevated winds, temperatures will feel-like they are in the 20s across North Florida, upper 20s to lower 30s across interior Central Florida and lower to middle 30s for the coasts, and middle 30s to lower 40s across South Florida near sunrise Monday morning.
    • Cold Weather Advisories have been issued across several interior portions of the Peninsula ahead of Monday morning.
  • Gusty post-frontal winds out of the northwest and distant ocean swells will create a moderate to high rip current risk statewide.

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Morning Situation Report